Osteocephalus festae

Osteocephalus festae is a frog. It lives Ecuador and Peru.  Scientists have seen it between 1000 and 2200 meters above sea level.

The adult male frog is 38.3 to 56.1 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog is 49.5–84.9 mm long.  The adult frog is brown in color. Sometimes it has black marks.  It has lighter lines on its lips and a light mark under each eye.

This frog lives near rivers with fast water and waterfalls.  These rivers flow through forests, farms, and other areas.  The tadpoles swim in pools on the sides of these rivers.  The adult frogs sit on plants 40-250 cm above the ground.

This frog's scientific name festae is for Enrico Festa.  Fest was an Italian naturalist.  He collected the first official sample of this frog.

References

Category:Frogs of South America